Brew each tea the way you like it. Steepdial remembers how.
Most of it is free for up to 20 teas: Fix a brew, the timer, Perfect Brews, the journal, your stash, and more. Tea Nerd adds extras for tea nerds, like blind tastings, water tests, and an Aging Shelf for pu-erh. There's no account, and your tea data stays on your device.
How it fits together
- 01
Add a tea
Pick its style and Steepdial fills in a starting recipe for your teapot, and tells you why.
- 02
Brew and rate
Run the timer, taste, and tap what you'd change: less bitter, less drying, more flavor.
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Get the next recipe
One clear change for next time, based on the whole history of that tea.
- 04
Save your Perfect Brew
When it's right, keep it. It's there next week, next year, next harvest.
Words we use
- StyleWhat kind of tea it is within its family: sencha, yancha, young sheng, rooibos. Origin, cultivar, and processing are separate details.
- RecipeThe settings: temperature, leaf, water, a rinse if any, and the steep times.
- Steep (infusion)One pour of water over the leaf. A rinse is poured away and never counted as one.
- SessionOne time you brewed a tea, from the first steep to the last. A mug of tea is one session; so is a ten-steep gongfu sitting.
- CupWhat you drink. Charts count sessions, and volume adds up the water of every steep.
- Perfect BrewYour preferred recipe for a tea, saved with how you got there. Not the correct recipe; yours.
Brew a better cup
Start from a recipe written for that style of tea, taste, and get the next change to try.
Fix a brew
Say what you'd change. Get the next recipe to try.
Free→BrewRate & dial in
Rate each cup and get the next recipe to try.
Free→BrewTimer & gongfu sessions
A real steeping timer, from one steep to ten.
Free, more with Tea Nerd→TeawareTeaware
Every recipe fitted to your kettle and teaware.
Free→Remember what works
When a tea is right, remember exactly what worked: the recipe, how you got there, and every brew since.
Look after your tea
Know what's in the cupboard, and drink each tea in its window: best fresh, keeps well, or made to age.
Tea Nerd extras
For tea nerds: blind tastings, water tests, an Aging Shelf for pu-erh and dark teas, your Year in Tea, and more. $7 a year or $20 for life, and unlocked for everyone during early access.
Taste profile
What you actually like, from your own scores.
Tea Nerd→Tea NerdBlind tastings
Taste teas as A, B, and C, then reveal.
Tea Nerd→Tea NerdYear in Tea
Your year of tea, ready to share.
Tea Nerd→Tea NerdSpending & wishlist
Cost per session and per 100 ml, monthly spend, and what to buy next.
Tea Nerd→Tea NerdAging Shelf
Pu-erh, dark teas, and anything you're keeping on purpose.
Tea Nerd→BrewSteep-by-steep notes
Rate every infusion and see where a tea peaks.
Tea Nerd→TeawareWater tracker
See which water makes your best tea.
Tea Nerd→TeasIced & cold brew
Iced, cold brew, and ice brew starting points for any Perfect Brew.
Tea Nerd→TeasTin labels & sharing
Print the recipe for the tin, with a QR code.
Tea Nerd→Tea NerdCollection export
Print your teas or export a spreadsheet.
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